Road-cart



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Patented Oct. 13, 1891.

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ROAD CART.

No. 460,949. Patented Oct. 13,1891.

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\VILLIAM OLUCAS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

ROAD-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,949, dated October 13, 1891.

Application filed March 11, 1891.

T0 at whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, W'ILLIAM OLUCAS, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in a Com bined Trotting- Sulky an d Road-Cart; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in a combined trotting-sulky and road-cart; and it consists in certain features of construction and in combination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in. the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan. Figs. 2 and 3 are side elevations showing different working positions. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation. Fig. 5 is an elevation, partly in section in detail, of the movable cross-bar and attached whiftletree. Fig. 6 is an enlarged elevation in section on line so as, Fig. 1, showing the manner of attaching the folding foot-rest to the cross-bar.

A represents the axle, and 13 B the thills, the latter being rigidly secured to the axle in the usual manner. The axle is provided with a pair of rearward ly-proj ectin g arms a at, these arms being usually welded to or forged with the axle, and to these arms are secured short bars 0, extending lengthwise the vehicle, these bars usually being constructed of wood, and to these bars are attached the outer or free enCs of springs D D. These springs are of the variety known as C springs, and the other or butt-end of the springs are fastened to the under side of the seat E. Vith such construction is avoided the swaying of the seat forward and back usually had with seats of this class of vehicles. The springs may be adjusted lengthwise of bar C to balance the vehicle and load, as required.

F is a movable cross-bar mounted on ways Z) I), the latter being an attachment of the thills. The cross-bar is provided at the end sections thereof with metal straps f and bolts f and thumb-nuts f (see Fig. 5) for clamping the cross-bar to ways I). The whiff-letree F is attached to the cross-bar in the usual manner. XVhen the vehicle is to be used for a trotting-sulky, the cross-bar and attached whiliietree are moved back near the $erial No. 384,588. (No model.)

axle to bring the horse as far back between the thills as practicable, and in such case loops d, connected with the thills, are used for foot-rests for the driver. The position that the driver would thus assume with his legs spread apart does very well for trotting a horse for a few minutes, but would not be a comfortable position for a ride of some hours on the road. I therefore provide a folding foot-rest that folds back out of the way when the vehicle is used for a trottingsulky and unfolds in position to be used in moving the cross-bar and whiflietree forward when the vehicle is to be used for a roadeart. The construction of the folding footrestis as follows:

H II are light metal bars bent in suitable formfor instance, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3these bars being hinged or pivoted to the cross-bar F, for instance, as shown in Fig. 0. To bars 11 Hare fastened a series ofstrips h, on which the feet of the operator rest when the device is distended. The rear ends of bars H are pivoted to link I, the latter in turn being plvoted ati to arm 6, these arms being attachments of the seat. When the cross-bar and whiiflet-ree are moved forward for converting the vehicle into a road-cart, the foot-rest unfolds or distends to approximately the position shown in Fig. 2. When the cross-bar is moved back for trotting purposes, the footrest folds backward and upward to approximately the position shown in Fig. 3, where it is out of the way in trotting. In attaching the horse the side straps, or holdbackstraps, as they are sometimes called, are lengthened or shortened, according as the cross-bar is in its rearward position for trotting or is in its forward position for road purposes.

What I claim is 1. A combined trotting-sulky and road-cart, the same having a cross-bar and attached whiffletree, the cross-bar being adjustable lengthwise the thills, substantially as set forth.

2. A two-wheeled vehicle having thills and a cross-bar connecting the thills, such crossbar bearing the whifiietree and being movable lengthwise the thills on ways connected with the thills, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with thills, ways con- ICO nected with the thills, and cross-bar bearing a whiffletree and mounted on such Ways and adjustable lengthwise the latter, of clamps for securing the cross-bar to the Ways to hold the cross-bar in the desired adjustment, substantially as set forth.

4. In a two-wheeled vehicle, the combina tion, with a seat, thills, and movable crossbar bearing a whiffletree, substantially'as indicated, of a folding foot-rest operatively connected with the cross-bar and seat, so as to fold and distend in moving the cross-bar rearward and forward, substantially as set forth.

5. In a two-wheeled vehicle, the combination, with the axle having integral arms eX- tending len gthwise the vehicle, of bars secured Witnesses:

G. H. DORER, WARD HoovER. 

